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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL2035
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Complete copper-alloy penannular brooch of Type H. Two thirds of the arms are flat and decorated with punched dots around the edges and a pair of punched ring and dots at each terminal. There is a further ring and dot further back on each of the arms. The section which supports the pin is circular in section and is decorated towards the arms with a segment of close grooves. The pin is complete, circular in section and attached to the brooch by a flattened loop with grooves.
Class:
penannular
Sub class: Booth Type H
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 410
Date to: Circa AD 600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 1998
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: CHESHIRE SHAVINGTON CUM GRESTY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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